Sunday, March 4. 2018

Just a short note to thank all of you who participated in the Union Pacific 428 Challenge grant. I will give you a little background for those of you who missed reading about it in an earlier blog. I wrote about a benefactor who offered a challenge of $5,000. to the 428 fund if donations could be matched up to that amount! Yes, he would contribute that amount! The response so successful that the time limit as well as the match was extended. The challenge grant was increased to $8,000 and time limit was extended thru the last day of February. I am happy to report that most of that grant was matched bring the total to $15,389. As a direct result of the interest generated there has been an uptick in activity on the engine. Already, in the steam shop there are three teams working on various jobs concerning the 428.

Taken two months ago

One team is working on the 90 inch wheel lathe so that we can reshape the 428 wheel profile.

Please consider your donations to the 428 fund! Your money does make a difference. The future seems a lot brighter now for the 428! I will show more results in a couple of weeks
Thanks Roger

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